Toy power machine



A. SLIWORSKY AND P. DOROZYNSKY.

TOY POWER MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-31,1921.

' Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

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TOY POWER MACHINE. APPLICATION. FILED MAR. 31, I921.

Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

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Application filed lvlaroh 31, 1921. Serial m5. 457,358.

To all whom it may concern: w I

Be it known that we, ADAM SLnvonsKY and Rich DoRozYNsnY, citizens/0i the Dominion oft Canada, residing at Vinnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful, Improvements in Toy Power Machines, of which the following is a specification. e I This invent-ion relates to a toy power machine illustrating well known laws of mechanics in transmission, such as a rotary wheel, an endless conveyor, gear drives and the like. device to children is one of the objects of the invention, and the construction of the on the market at a reasonable price.

- Further objects of the invention will ap pear as the nature of the invention is bet terunderstoodl o 7 With these obj ects in view; the invention comprises the various features of construe-- tion hereinafter set forth in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, V I v Figure 1 is aside elevational VlGXV ofa complete toypower machine constructed in device shown in Figure 1 with therearend accordance J with the/present invention, partly broken away toillustrate details'o'f construction, H

F'gu're 2 is a rear elevational view of the of the; casing removed,

Figure 8 is a horizontal sectional View of the device shown in Figured taken above the chute conveyor and motor as well as below the rotary wheel and through the endess l n yb' I f a y Figure 4is a top plan view ofthe device showninliigure 1, i

Figur 5 1s an'enlarged sectional view I showing details of.construction adjacent the meeting point" of the conveyor chute and v upperflendisdisposed asshown in Figure? shown in Figure :5 taken on a line atri'ght angles to that upon'which Figure 5" is taken,

and

Its usefulness as, an instructive Figure 7 is an enlarged Partly ng udin e tio n i ly i s e aer ion a a s f ste ele i theme.

v'ention at the point adjacent the discharge end of the elevating or endless conveyor.

The numeral 5 indicates a base preferably 1n the form of a rectangular casing with:

open sides and composed of top, bottom, and

end walls, the top wall having a pair of therein and a roller 8 is fixed up'onthe shaft 7 between the standards 6, while an endless belt?) passes around the roller 8and clownwardly therefrom through suitable openings in the top wall of the casing where it also passes around another similar roller 9 directly beneath the roller 8 and fixed upon a shaft 10 suitably journaled above thehbottom of the casing a bracket foiflsupporting the shaft 10 being: shown broken away at 11in Figure 1. "The endlessbe'lt 9 isfpro vided with a number of spaced receptacles or buckets, 12 as is usual in conveyors ofthis type, and this conveyor is driven by a suitable gearing broadly denoted by the numeral '13 in the form of spur gears and pin: ions between the shaft '10 and the power shaft of a suitable spring motor 14. [It is to be understood,however, that the motor 14 may be of any desired type although it is preferably of the spring type as shown,

and fiXed tomithe adjacent end wall of the casing 5. i

A suitable platform construction as at 15 is rigidly mounted. near the upper ends o'fthe standards 6', and'the figure of a man or the likeas denoted by the numeral of the shaft 7. An angular tube 18 is suitablysupported as bymeans of members 19 and 20 respectively connected to the standardsfdand the platform 15 so that its .Wheel 21 being provided with peripheral pockets 23' disposed to receive the contents if e nveyo P k t a S Q' i -E is conveyed through the discharge end of the angular tube 18. The angular tube 18 is so formed as to have its upper leg inclined from the discharge end of the endless conveyor and with the other leg of the tube vertically disposed as shown in'Figure 1 so that the contents will travel by gravity to the buckets of the wheel 21. As shown clearly in Figure 5, these eontentsare preferably in the nature of heavyballs 24 so that when they impinge the wheel 21 by dropping into the buckets of the latter, said wheel is caused to rotate until the balls are dumped from the buckets 23. An inclined conveyor chute 25 is disposed with its upper end beneath the wheel 21 so as to receive the balls from the buckets 23, and this chute extends downwardly where it has a curved end as at 26 partially; embracing the lower end of the endless conveyor in such position as to insurescoopingof the ballsvone at a time into the buckets 12 of said endless conveyor. The inlet end of the tube 18 is preferably provided with guard plates 27 and 28 at the top and sides respectively so as to insure passage of the balls from the buckets 12 into said tube 18 and the higher end of the chute 25 is also curved to partially embrace the wheel 21 and to extend to apoint adjacent the top of the casing 5 where it is flanged and rigidly secured as at 29 to the underside of said top of the casing 5. The course taken by the balls as well as the direction of movement of the parts is clearly denoted by the arrows in several Figures, and it will be seen that theconstruction is extremely simple and durable.

The operation is as follows :Balls 24 are placed in the chute 25, the motor 14 is placed into operation through any well known means, and the endless conveyor consisting of the belt 9 and buckets 12 is thereby rotated so as to cause theballs to' be scooped up into said buckets 12 whereby the balls are elevated and then discharged into the inlet end of the angular tube 18.- When the endless conveyor is actuated, r0- tati'on of shaft 7 ensues. and relative movement of the arms and body of the Figure 16 as well as swinging movement of the body relative to the legs of saidfigure is had so that the appearance is one of a man manually actuating the endless conveyor by rotating a. crank. The balls pass by gravity throughthe tube 18and are discharged into the pockets of the wheel 21, thus causing roa. tation of said wheel and as thebuokets 23 them up. 'It is possible that the machine may be self-propelled by the proper ratio of gearing, etc., with a heavy flywheel on a counter Shaft and geared to the shaft which pending upon the easy bearing qualifications and the perfect counterbalance of all moving parts.

From the foregoing description, it 1s believed that the construction and operation as well as the advantages of the present invention will be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art. Mlnor changes may be made without depart ng fromthe spirit and scope of the lnventlon as hereinafter claimed.

Vhat is claimed as new is:

1. A toy power machine of the class described including an elevating conveyor, a rotary pocketed wheel mounted beneath the discharge end of said conveyor, means for delivering weighted elements from the d1scharge end of the conveyor by gravity to the pockets of said wheel, and means for deliver,- ing the weighted elements by grav ty from the pockets of the wheel into position to be elevated at the lower supply end of the conveyor, said elevating conveyor including a shaft at its upper end having a crank ex tension upon'one end, a platform rigidly mounted adjacent and directly beneath said crank, and a human figure mounted upon said platform and provided with ointed parts. including arms pivotally connected to said cranlc I 2. A toy power machine of the class described including an elevating conveyor, a 100 rotary pocketed wheel mounted beneath the discharge end of said conveyor, means for delivering weighted elements from the discharge end of the conveyor by gravity to the pocketsof said wheel, means for delivering 105 the-weighted elements by gravity from the pockets of the wheel into position to be (elevated at the lower supply end ofthe con- I veyor, said elevating-conveyor includinga shaft at its upper end having a crank ex- 11 tension upon one end,a platform rigidly mounted adjacent and directly beneath said crank, a human figure mounted upon said platform and provided with jointed parts in- (eluding arms pivotally connected to said journaled, a pair of standards mounted on the top of said casing, and means to rigidly attach the platform to the standards adjacent the upper endsof the latter. p

3. A toy power machine of the class described including an elevating-"conveyor, a rotary pocketed wheelmounted beneath the 126 discharge end of said conveyor, means for delivering weighted elements fromthe :disa charge end of the-conveyor by-gravity to the 1 y pockets ofsaid wheel, means for delivering the weighted elements by gravity the 130 pockets of the wheel into position to be elevated at the lower supply end of the conveyor, said elevatingconveyor including a shaft at its upper end having a crank extension upon one end, a platform rigidly mounted adjacent and directly beneath said crank, a human figure mounted upon said platform and provided with jointed parts ineluding arms pivotally connected to said crank, a rectangular open sided casing through the top of which and upon the top of which said rotary wheel extends and is journaled, a pair of standards mounted on the top of said casing, and means to rigidly attach the platform to the standards adjacent the upper ends of the latter and means to drive said elevating conveyor.

4:. A toy power machine of the class described including an elevating conveyor, a rotary pocketed wheel mounted beneath the discharge end of said conveyor, means for delivering weighted elements from the discharge end of the conveyor by gravity to the pockets of said wheel, aneans for delivering the Weighted elements by gravity from the pockets of the wheel into position to be elevated at the lower supply end o-fthe conveyor, said elevating conveyor including a shaft at its upper end having a crank extension upon one end, a platform rigidly mounted adjacent and directly beneath said crank, a human figure mounted upon said platform and provided with jointed parts including arms pivotally connected to said crank, a rectangular open sided casing through the top of which and upon the top of which said rotary wheel extends and is journaled, a pair of standards mounted on the top of said casing, means to rigidly attach the platform to the standards adjacent the upper ends of the latter and means to drive said elevating conveyor, said elevating conveyor including a lower roller and a rotary shaft to which the roller is fixed, and a motor fixed to an end wall of the casing and operatively geared to said shaft.

5. A toy power machine of the class described including an elevating conveyor, a rotary pocketed wheel mounted beneath the discharge end of said conveyor, means for delivering weighted elements from the discharge end of the conveyor by gravity to the pockets of said wheel, means for delivering the weighted elements by gravity from the pockets of the wheel into position to be elevated at the lower supply end of the conveyor, said elevating conveyor including a shaft at its upper end having a crank extension upon one end, a platform rigidly mounted adjacent and directly beneath said crank, a human figure mounted upon said platform and provided with jointed parts including arms pivotally connected to said crank, a rectangular open sided casing through the top of which and upon the top of which said rotary wheel extends and is journaled, a pair of standards mounted on the top of said casing, means to rigidly attach the platform to the standards adjacent the upper ends of the latter and means to drive said elevating conveyor, said elevating conveyor including a lower roller and a rotary shaft to which the roller is fixed, and a motor fixed to an end wall of the casing and operatively geared to said shaft, said conveyor further including an endlessmember extending outwardly through said platform.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

ADAM SLIWORSKY. PAUL DOROZYNSKY. lVitnesses:

F. C. CLARKE, J. W. AnsENYoH. 

